KbaA

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  • Description: activation of the KinB-dependent pathway to sporulation

Gene name kbaA
Synonyms ybxC, ybaM
Essential no
Product effector of KinB activity
Function control of sporulation initiation
MW, pI 22 kDa, 9.806
Gene length, protein length 594 bp, 198 aa
Immediate neighbours gerD, pdaB
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
KbaA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU01560

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information: the mRNA is very stable (half-life > 15 min) PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

G Hambraeus, C von Wachenfeldt, L Hederstedt
Genome-wide survey of mRNA half-lives in Bacillus subtilis identifies extremely stable mRNAs.
Mol Genet Genomics: 2003, 269(5);706-14
[PubMed:12884008] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

V Dartois, T Djavakhishvili, J A Hoch
Identification of a membrane protein involved in activation of the KinB pathway to sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(4);1178-86
[PubMed:8576055] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)